Lisa Ling Quotes

I was very insecure about my looks.

I didn't grow up feeling very handsome.

I think I'm insecure about what every girl is insecure about, looks and stuff like that, but it's not a big deal.

I had very bad acne growing up. I had braces for six years, from the fifth to the 11th grade. I didn't look in the mirror and feel like someone who should be on TV.

It's a vicious circle. If you feel hideous, you convey it to people. A couple of male friends from university have said, 'I quite fancied you, but I wouldn't have dared...' and I was like, 'Oh really?' I was completely amazed that anyone had ever fancied me, and also that I'd obviously given an impression of 'Don't touch me.'

I never like photos of myself in the beginning. I live with them for three months, put them in a drawer, take them out and look again. I hate the way I look, but of course it's really not that bad.

Girls pour their insecurities into their looks.

I really do believe that my style is informed by the fact that I had such issues with my appearance at various times of my life.

When you doubt one thing about yourself, you start thinking there's also something wrong with your hair, your body, your clothes, your accent.

Some days I think I look kind of cute, but other days I try to avoid the mirror.

I'm not too secure about my looks. They can always change.

I kind of felt like maybe I didn't have what it took to look like a supermodel and wear high heels all the time and my nails.

I am not an insecure person at heart, but I am also aware that I am not as good looking as an actress is expected to be.

Everybody knows that I'm not the most beautiful woman in the world.

Sometimes I'll look back at old pictures where I'm a little heavy and dressed funny and think, 'How did I get chicks all the time?'

There are lots of things I would love to wear but wouldn't because I know they look stupid on me.

It was massive deal for me to be filmed without my makeup because I've tried hard for years not to show my spots.

I feel intimidated by fashion.

I love myself, the way I look, my body, but sometimes I can't help but feel insecure.

I'm never satisfied with the way I look.

I don't see myself as somebody who looks particularly good in photos.

I have not taken my good looks seriously from the beginning. When I would be teased by my friends about my looks, I would just make a self-deprecating remark and let it pass.

I don't like to look at myself in the mirror, which is why my eye makeup is always crooked.

I am not insecure about being a journalist.

I started to model because I thought I could use it as an excuse to others, like, 'Yeah, I'm tall because I'm a model.'